01Scripture
The Holy Flight
Matthew 2:13–23 · Prophecy, Pain, and Providence
Join us as we open with the Flight into Egypt — reading Matthew 2 through the lens of the Church’s ancient typology, connecting the Holy Family’s journey to the Exodus, to Hosea’s prophecy, and to the God who calls His Son out of Egypt. Historical context, patristic insight, and practical reflection on what it means to be called out of one place into another.
Church Fathers featured
St. John ChrysostomSt. Cyril of AlexandriaSt. Augustine
“He who holds the whole world in His hand is carried as a refugee into Egypt.”
Jan 12, 202636 minHoly Nativity
02Scripture
He Must Increase
John 3:22–36 · The Voice of the Bridegroom
Join us as we sit with the Church Fathers in John 3:22–36, where, in a world shaped by reputation, rivalry, and public recognition, John the Baptist points beyond himself. We explore the cultural weight of the “friend of the bridegroom,” the Orthodox understanding of joy as self-emptying, and how the Church Fathers read John’s decrease as the model of every Christian life. What does it look like to genuinely want another to surpass you?
Church Fathers featured
St. AugustineSt. John ChrysostomSt. Cyril of Alexandria
“He must increase, but I must decrease — the whole of holiness in seven words.”
Jan 30, 202619 minAfter Theophany
03Scripture
The Law Giver Under the Law
Luke 2:21–39 · The Circumcision & Presentation
Join us as we sit with the Church Fathers in Luke 2:21–39, where the Lawgiver humbles Himself under His own Law and the Old Covenant hands its hope to the New. From the eighth day to the fortieth—from circumcision to presentation—we explore how Christ fulfills and transcends the Law, revealing the mystery of spiritual circumcision, the poverty of the Incarnation, and the meeting of promise and fulfillment in the Temple. From Simeon’s long-awaited embrace of Salvation to the sword of love foretold to the Theotokos, this episode shows how submission becomes redemption—and how presenting ourselves to God is the path to peace.
Church Fathers featured
St. Athanasius the ApostolicSt. Cyril of AlexandriaSt. Ambrose of Milan
“The Lawgiver is found beneath the Law, that He might redeem those who were under it.”
Feb 21, 202638 minGreat Lent
04Scripture
Thirst for Living Water
John 4:1–42 · The Woman at the Well
Join us as we sit with the Church Fathers in John 4:1–42, where Christ meets the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well and reveals Himself as the giver of living water. In this encounter, centuries of division between Samaria and Judea give way to the deeper thirst of the human soul. As the Lord gently uncovers the woman’s life and proclaims that true worship is in spirit and truth, shame becomes witness and seekers become harvesters. From the leaving of the water jar to the fields already white for harvest, this episode reflects on how the Messiah satisfies our deepest thirst and calls us to share in the work of the Father.
Church Fathers featured
St. John ChrysostomSt. AugustineSt. Cyril of Alexandria
“He who asked her for water was thirsting all the while for her faith.”
Mar 15, 202623 minGreat Lent
05Scripture
The Eighth Day
John 20:1–18 · The Empty Tomb
Join us as we sit with the Church Fathers in John 20:1–18, and question, what is the eighth day and why does the Church keep returning to it? From circumcision to Resurrection, from the Transfiguration to the eternal Sabbath — this episode traces one of the most profound theological numbers in all of Scripture and Tradition. The eighth day is not after history. It is history’s destination.
Church Fathers featured
St. AugustineSt. John ChrysostomSt. Theophilus of Antioch
“The first day of the week is the eighth — the day that knows no evening.”
Apr 12, 202625 minThe Resurrection
06Scripture
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
John 14:1–11 · The Upper Room Discourse
Join us as we sit with the Church Fathers in John 14:1–11, spoken into the heaviest room in the Gospels — the Upper Room on the night of the Last Supper. Into the silence of men who are confused, frightened, and quietly falling apart, Christ speaks eleven verses of the most theologically dense consolation in all of Scripture. From the many mansions of the Father’s house to the stunning self-declaration “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,” this episode walks through what it means to know the Way you have already been given, and why the going away of Christ is not abandonment — but preparation.
Church Fathers featured
St. AugustineSt. Cyril of AlexandriaSt. John Chrysostom
“He is the Way by which we go, the Truth to which we go, the Life in which we abide.”
May 17, 202641 minThe Fifty Days
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Scripture
He Looked Up to Heaven
Luke 9:12–17 · The Feeding of the Five Thousand
The only miracle outside the Resurrection recorded by all four Gospels. We slow down in the wilderness of Bethsaida and let the Church Fathers show us what is really happening — not just a feeding miracle, but a Eucharistic icon performed in broad daylight, before five thousand people.
Church Fathers featured
St. AugustineSt. Cyril of AlexandriaSt. John ChrysostomSt. Ambrose of MilanSt. Ephraim the Syrian
“Bring your five loaves. Bring your two fish. Look up. Let it be broken. Let it be given. Watch what is left over.”
Jun 7, 2026Apostles’ Fast
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Scripture
Take Up Your Bed
Luke 5:17–26 · The Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof
Join us in a packed house in Capernaum, where friends tear open a roof to lay a paralyzed man at Jesus’ feet. Before He heals the man’s body, He forgives his soul, and He does it in front of scribes who know full well that only God can forgive sins. With the Church Fathers as our guides, we walk through the passage and get past the miracle to what it’s really about: that Christ forgives sins “on earth,” while the gate is still open, and that He sends the healed man home. All the way home, to Paradise. Take up your bed, and go home.
Church Fathers featured
St. Ambrose of MilanSt. Cyril of AlexandriaSt. John ChrysostomSt. AugustineSt. Ephrem the Syrian
“Take up your bed, and go home” — all the way home, to Paradise, while the gate still stands open.
Jun 21, 2026Apostles’ Fast
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Scripture
Sons of the Most High
Luke 6:27–38 · Love Your Enemies; Be Merciful
Jesus takes the hardest commands in the Gospel — love your enemies, turn the other cheek, judge no one — and reveals the promise buried in the middle: that everyone who lives this way “will be sons of the Most High.” Not a call to be a doormat. An invitation into the family.
Church Fathers featured
St. John ChrysostomSt. Cyril of AlexandriaSt. AugustineSt. Ambrose of MilanSt. Ephraim the SyrianSt. Basil the GreatSt. Gregory of NyssaSt. Theophilus of Antioch
“Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.”
Jul 5, 2026Apostles’ Fast
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Scripture
Who Then Is Greatest?
Matthew 18:1–9 · The Child in the Midst
The disciples come to Jesus with a question they were too ashamed to ask honestly — “who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” — and He answers by standing a child in the midst of them: the one figure in that world with no status, no honor, and nothing to repay. One unbroken argument about greatness, from the child to the millstone to the severed limb. The kingdom has no leaderboard for the proud — and the little ones the world overlooks, heaven guards with a millstone.
Church Fathers featured
St. John ChrysostomSt. Hilary of PoitiersSt. Augustine of HippoSt. Ephraim the Syrian
“Whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
Jul 19, 202642 minAfter the Apostles
Coming Aug 2
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I AM the Resurrection and the Life
John 11:1–45 · The Raising of Lazarus
Join us as we sit with the Church Fathers in John 11:1–45, where Jesus hears that the friend He loves is dying — and stays where He is. Two days of silence. Four days in the tomb. And then, to a grieving woman armed with perfectly correct doctrine, five words that tower over the whole Gospel: “I AM the resurrection and the life.” The seventh and greatest sign — the delay that was love in disguise, the God who weeps at a tomb He is about to empty, and the voice that spoke at creation calling one dead man by name so that every grave would learn its days are numbered. The resurrection is not an event on a calendar. It is a Person standing in the road — and He is still asking: Do you believe this?
Church Fathers featured
St. John ChrysostomSt. Cyril of AlexandriaSt. Augustine of HippoSt. Athanasius the ApostolicSt. Irenaeus of LyonsSt. Gregory of NyssaSt. Hippolytus of RomeSt. Ephraim the SyrianSt. Cyprian of CarthageSt. Hilary of Poitiers
“I am the voice of life that wakens the dead. I am the joy of the whole world.”
Coming Aug 2, 2026After the Apostles
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